Greetings chapter 2 is here. Enjoy…..
Matt leaned on the cave's outside lip. His bright ice eyes pierced through the sand blown desert landscape. He brought his drink up to his lips and slowly took a sip. He tried to remember the last twenty-four hours. He closed his eyes as the cool liquid slid down his throat. He felt his body loosen up. His mind began to drift. Slowly memories of long ago began to fill his mind… He saw a young boy, tall for his age, sitting on top of an old, abandon water tower. There was someone else with the boy. A girl. Matt tried to think of her name but he couldn't put his finger on her name. They were holding hands. Then Matt saw a waterfall, at a resort, somewhere in the Caribbean. The girl was with him there too, yet they were older. Both the boy and the girl were smiling, they seemed to be enjoying themselves, a feeling Matt had not felt in so long. The image suddenly disappeared. Matt opened his eyes. He cursed under his breath. That was all he could remember. That was all from his past. Matt finished the bottle and tossed it out into the dunes. He watched it roll down the sand dune, leaving a trail where it fell. He looked up at the stars and saw a shooting star.
Izzy was fiddling with his computer, attempting to find a power source in this old, ramshackle bunker. That's all it was. An old reserve bunker used during the war. He stopped to think how they came across it, but the question quickly slipped from his mind. "Damn dust" he muttered. Yet another power hole was jammed full of sand and dust. "Hey got one over here!" Sora hollered out. Izzy swung his flashlight in her direction. She was standing down the hall in the bedroom. "Be there in a sec." He replied. He wrapped the power cord around his computer and pulled it to his side, grabbing his flashlight with his free hand. He ducked under a part of the collapsed roof. Sora took his flashlight from him and shined it on the power outlet. He set his computer on the floor, stirring up some dust. "Achoo", Sora sneezed. Izzy plugged in the computer and hit the power button. The screen popped up and Izzy typed in the encrypted passcode to gain access to the files. "About how much did we make from the last mission?" Izzy yelled down the hall. "50,000" Came the reply. Izzy turned back to the computer screen. 'That's the highest payout yet.' As he typed away he remembered when the C.K. were a poor mercenary/bounty hunter group amongst thousands. The pay was cheep and it was hard to find jobs. Now most of the rookie hunters and mercenaries were killed off, leaving only the most efficient and lethal to survive. He knew there would always be a feud between the hunters and mercenaries for jobs. Heck even some mercenaries are being hired as body guards to protect against hunters. 'Well, our total comes to-' He looked at the screen. "Holy shit" Matt had been keeping tabs and inserting the money into the cyber account recently. Izzy never knew that they had accumulated this much money. ~56,694,349~
Sora was quietly putting her gear away. Everything she did, she did quietly. She had already lived through enough noise. She sat her katana down on a rock shelf. The sword brought back memories of a time long ago. She closed her eyes as she sat down. She saw two girls. The both were inside a large room. Suddenly they bowed to each other, slowly rose, and looked each other in the eye. Their hands as in unison grabbed for the katana at their waists, and drew the elegant sword. They lunged at each other and one girl swung. The blow was parried by the other girl. They continued to fight until both girl's swung at the same time. A katana exploded. Out through the other side came the second katana. The match was won but the pain began. The shards flew into one of the girls- Sora's eyes bolted open as she stared strait ahead. Her hand found its way slowly to a part in her chest that felt cold. She breathed deeply. The katana was still in her. She closed her eyes, and slept.
The wind began to blow hard outside the bunker. Matt still stayed at the entrance. The bottle's trail was long gone in the moving dunes of the desert. He knew that Sora had fallen asleep and that Izzy was typing away on his computer. Matt turned and walked out the entrance. He looked at the cliff top above. It was at least 20-30 feet. His golden hair blew with the wind and sand. With his eyes closed he bent his knees and took a jump. He opened them when he landed. Same spot that he had jumped from before. Sighing he looked away. 'What the hell are you thinking, that was a long time ago. The powers have been stripped from you moron.' He was quick to anger and he punched the rock face. As he pulled his hand back to his side blood began to flow from his bashed fist. "Damn Forshuto" he muttered. He walked back inside. Izzy was watching him the whole time from a dark corner. "You never told us what you did before leaving the prison?" Izzy questioned. Matt turned to look at him. "None of your business." He replied. Matt continued to walk. "You were a Tohe, weren't you?" Matt stopped. "I said none of your business."
It made sense now. It finally hit him. All the time he had been wondering why Matt could take so much intense pain and not die. He had been trained in the old ways of the Tohe. The Tohe were a breed of Indians long before the coming of the Pilgrims. They lived in the canyons of the south and came out only during night. But that's why they were strange. The Tohe were able to enhance their souls to connect with their bodies, to become Tavhe, one with your soul. When they were able to do this they could perform impossible feats that normal men couldn't. They could heal faster from a fatal wound. They could leap higher, run faster, and also their body moved like water, quick and strong. Many other tribes fell in battle to the Tohe, in which only a few Tohe were lost. Izzy looked down the darkened hall. Then he heard something. He spun to find his face looking into the barrel of a gun.